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O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
Ist es dein Grün?
Ist es dein heimlich Dunkel?
Dein buntes Blühn?
Das irre Sonngefunkel?
Daß ich auf's neu stets freudetrunken
In deinen Zauber steh' versunken.
Wer mag es sagen?
Wer's je erfragen?
Nur singen muß ich immerzu:
O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
...
O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
Ist's dein Gesang?
Ist's deiner Tannen Sausen?
Dein Klagen bang?
Der alten Eichen Brausen?
Daß Heimweh gleich mich will erfassen,
Muß ich, o Trauter, dich verlassen.
Wer mag es sagen
Wer's je erfragen?
Nur singen mich ich immerzu:
O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
Ist's Majestät?
Ist's heimisch trautes Wesen,
Was dich durchweht,
Dich macht so auserlesen?
Daß jauchzend dich des Sängers Lieder
Lobpreisen immer, immer wieder!
Wer mag es sagen,
Wer's je erfragen?
Nur singen muß ich immerzu:
O Wald, o Wald,
Wie ewig schön bist du!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-4 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Waldlied", op. 30 no. 37, published 1867, stanzas 1,3-4, in Praktischer Unterricht im Chorgesange, in Schul-Lieder-Anhang, Nordsingen: C. H. Beck'schen Buchhandlung
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Waldlied", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 85
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2010-05-05
Line count: 52
Word count: 232
Oh forest, oh forest,
How eternally beautiful you are!
Is it your greenery?
Is it your secret darkness?
Your colourful blooming?
The mad sparkling of the sun?
That makes me ever anew and always
Stand rapt in your magic, drunk with bliss.
Who may tell,
Who ever probe it?
I must only always sing:
Oh forest, oh forest,
How eternally beautiful you are!
...
Oh forest, oh forest,
How eternally beautiful you are!
Is it your singing?
Is it the whirling of your firs?
Your anxious lamentation?
The roaring of the old oaks?
That homesickness immediately assails me,
When I, oh lovely one, must leave you.
Who may tell,
Who ever probe it?
I must only always sing:
Oh forest, oh forest,
How eternally beautiful you are!
Oh forest, oh forest,
How eternally beautiful you are!
Is it majesty?
Is it homely, comforting being
That wafts through you,
That makes you so exquisite?
That the singer’s songs must again and again
Praise you rejoicingly!
Who may tell,
Who ever probe it?
I must only always sing:
Oh forest, oh forest,
How eternally beautiful you are!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-4 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Waldlied", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 85
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